Anemia in Aircrew
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 9
Abstract
Introduction: Anemia is major health problem in India. Undiagnosed & untreated anemia has severe effect on performance at job. Anemia in aircrew results in disqualification from flying, hence a need is felt to quantify the prevalence of anemia in order to refine our strategy for its diagnosis, identifying its etiology and the final disposal amongst aircrew. Material and Methods: A retrospective record based analysis of anemia prevalence amongst Indian aircrew reporting for evaluation from 01Jan 2011 to 31Dec 2015 was reviewed and all detected cases of anemia included in the study. Mean of 18 (12 – 27) investigations were performed before reaching an etiological diagnosis. Results: Out of a total of 14, 212 males and 219 females aircrew that underwent medicals, 224 (1.57%) males and 15 (6.84%) females were found to be anemic. Mean hemoglobin concentration was 11.6 g/dl (9.2 – 12.7 g/dl) in males and 9.8 g/dl (9.1-10.7 g/dl) in females. Microcytic hypochromic anemia was the commonest (79.46%) morphological subtype. Conclusion: Prevalence of anemia in aircrew is lower than the national prevalence. Since a majority of male aircrew with iron deficiency anemia had a hemoglobin concentration between 12 to 13 g/ dl, revision of cut off to 12 g/dl in male aircrew could substantially prevent down gradation and conserve the trained manpower wastage due to anemia.
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Anurodh Gupta, Kapil Bhatia, P Biswal, Santhosh SR
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